StoryKeeper
2010-02-28, 09:00 PM
Hey, everyone! I plan to run a game of Scion: Hero for the first time ever soon. I've had the books for a while now, but it took the Percy Jackson movie to convince my pals to actually play.
Personally, I really like the system for the most part. It seems to reward in-character and cinematic role-playing, doesn't seem that hard to get a grasp on mechanics-wise, and I'm always a sucker for anything that is tied strongly to mythology.
The rules for Fatebinding seem like they could potentially be a real headache (you have to do a series of rolls every time you use some of your more supernatural abilities and then, if the player is lucky or unlucky, work in at least one character into the plot later on.) I think I'll probably just handwave most of that and automatically "fatebind" people when it seems epic to do so so that it fits the story better. Other than that, so long as I can homebrew my own boons fairly quickly, I think it looks like a great system.
What do you guys think?
Personally, I really like the system for the most part. It seems to reward in-character and cinematic role-playing, doesn't seem that hard to get a grasp on mechanics-wise, and I'm always a sucker for anything that is tied strongly to mythology.
The rules for Fatebinding seem like they could potentially be a real headache (you have to do a series of rolls every time you use some of your more supernatural abilities and then, if the player is lucky or unlucky, work in at least one character into the plot later on.) I think I'll probably just handwave most of that and automatically "fatebind" people when it seems epic to do so so that it fits the story better. Other than that, so long as I can homebrew my own boons fairly quickly, I think it looks like a great system.
What do you guys think?